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Similar to Call of Duty: Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3 will support color blind gamers.

A concerted effort has been made to make games more accessible to those with disabilities, namely through keyboard and button mapping. For color blind gamers, though, the options are often slim. Not so in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Sledgehammer Games has confirmed, the anticipated shooter will include a color blind assist option.

For the past few weeks, the devs at Sledgehammer Games have been fielding questions from fans, and when the question of support for color blind gamers came up, COO Michael Condrey was quick to reply.

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"Research suggests that as much as 6% of the general population suffers from Color Blindness, or more accurately Color Vision Deficiency," Condrey wrote. "Men (9-12%) are 20x more likely to be afflicted than women (0.25-1%). Those numbers vary depending on which source you quote, but we estimate that nearly a million gamers are playing Call of Duty every day with this issue. I am happy to report that we are working on a Color Blind Assist option for Modern Warfare 3."

"So start honing your MP skills, Nick. You won't be able blame your red-green deficiency for all that friendly-fire come November 8th."

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is being developed for Windows PCs, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The game, as stated above, is set for launch on November 8.

Sharkey says: It's an issue I never considered. Nice to know the CoD team has and is continuing to support color blind gamers.